Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, OR (Part-time), West Shore Surgery Ctr

About the Role

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a member of the care delivery team, responsible for setting the standards for the level and quality of care. This role encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, managing and providing patient care activities for a group of patients and their families. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a role model of professional nursing practice in areas such as clinical expertise, teaching, specialized resource nursing, and/or evidence-based practice.
• Provides appropriate feedback to all members of the health care team and participates in the nursing peer review process.
• Promotes change that enhances the quality of patient care and the unit environment.
• Leads and participates in successful teams as part of daily practice.
• Demonstrates highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skills within the context of Relationship Based Care.
• Actively participates in shared governance at the unit level and serves on hospital-wide councils.
• Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
• Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as a partner and considers individual needs holistically.
• Practices solid communication skills, articulating and translating the patient's condition to other care providers.
• Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote communication between caregivers.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues for patient care.
• Incorporates national professional organization goals, as well as business unit and health system goals, to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Creates a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Demonstrates a passion for developing others, precepting students, graduate nurses, and new hires.
• Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations to identify learning opportunities for improving patient care practices.
• Regularly seeks feedback on performance and applies continuous professional improvement.
• Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, and presenting on the unit.
• Identifies opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement.
• Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice.
• Serves on or leads teams that launch innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.
• Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within the framework of a healthy workplace.
• Role models cultural awareness, including preventing and addressing horizontal violence and impairment.
• Maintains a balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Registered Nurse.
• BSN preferred; if a BSN is held, a Master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of certification.
• Annual completion of 1 professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals, and approved by Unit Director as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder OR certification. Certification is not required if a Master's in nursing or DNP is held.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately with patients of all ages.
• Must obtain and maintain a "Solid/Strong/Good" or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted and maintain status.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
• Ability to work productively within a complex environment, handling multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
• Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and lead others in the application of the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity, with physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement.
• CPR required based on AHA standards within 30 days of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) as required.
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting certification with renewal.
• Act 33 with renewal.
• Act 34 with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.